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TAGBILARAN CITY, April 28, (PIA)–While Jagna town celebrates its calamay industry in an aptly named festival, April 28-30, it also brings out to the world 17 other local products that the town’s small medium enterprises development churned in the past years. Jagna Mayor Fortunato Abrenilla, during the opening ceremonies of the festival that celebrates a product support for Bohol’s tourism industry said the 3rd Calamay Festival is not anymore just about the calamay, but also about the new products which the communities have developed. Most of these new products however produced by are small organizations assisted by Jagna Small and Medium Enterprise Development (JASMED) Unit and are in the food and home industry line. Jagna information Officer Amiela Balaba identified the newest developed products as doormats, rugs and potholders of Jagna Relief Society Homemakers, a group organized by the Mormons of Poblacion, in town. Another new hip product in line with vitamin fortification program of the government is the Malunggay Cookies and Rosquillos of Pangdan Women’s Association, the famous Ampao of the Tejero Women’s Association, candles by Faraon Women’s Association, peanut butter from Cambugason and the Torta de Jagna of Malbog Development Women Association. Years back, JASMED also assisted communities in town develop their products to make them open for the market. Among those are Cambugason Women’s Organization’s Caffeine-free Maize Cape, squash noodles Pancit Yaning of LACEH – Tubod Monte, the famed calamay of Jagna Calamay Makers Cooperative (JACAMACO), Jagna cookies of Nausok Women’s Association, Ube Polvoron of Jagna Women Ube Processors and Confectioners Association, Inc. Also in there was Jagna’s Tableya de Binsoy and Jagna Banana Chips of... read moreCongress Committee brings Scitech public hearings here
DAUIS, Bohol, May 4 (PIA)—The Congressional Committee on Science and Technology successfully held here the public hearing by the technical working group on the proposed laws strengthening the Provincial Technology Centers as well as attuning the Philippine standards to the world measurements. During the public hearing held at the Bohol Bee Farm in Dauis Bohol, committee chair and Bohol Congressman Aristotle Aumentado said the public hearing is a mandatory process before both proposed measures can be calendared in the house for deliberation. Foremost among the proposed measures is the packaged strengthening of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) by putting a better manned Provincial Science and Technology Centers (PSTC). The premier science and technology agency in the country mandated to provide the central direction, leadership and coordination of all science and technology activities by formulating policies, programs and projects in support to national development, the DOST is composed of two advisory bodies, 4 sectoral planning councils, 7 research and development institutes and 8 science and technology research institutes. The DOST’s most visible science and technology service institutes include the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Services Administration (PAGF-ASA), Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVoLCS), Technology Application Promotion Institute, Science and technology Information Institute, Science Education Institute, Philippine Science High School System, Technology Transfer Center and the Information and Communications Technology Office. Interestingly however, in a presentation, the DOST’s frontline service providers in the provinces; its PSTCs are not only ill manned, it is also dumped with the tasks of implementing flagship projects especially on the assistance to small and medium enterprises. No less than Department of Science and Technology... read more